The idea is simple: Take a book, return a book. Anyone can borrow from or donate to the "library" with no obligations, fees or wait-times.

"This was a great way to get books out into the community and promote a love of reading and love of literature," said Maggie Hoddinott, literacy ambassador for the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, who helped organize the initiative. The district also covers Larchmont.

The district-wide initiative springs from a $4,000 grant the Mamaroneck School District received last year from the Mamaroneck School Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps support school programs in the area.

After getting approval from village officials, the posts made their way to middle and high school art classes where students decorated them.

The two stands, one in Flint Park and another in Turtle Park, went up last month but more are on their way, Hoddinott said.

Locations will be set up in Mamaroneck's Harbor Island Park and Columbus Park next week, said the village's parks foreman Barry Casterella. Smaller "satellite" locations are also set to be installed in laundromats and barbershops throughout both villages.

The idea has already taken hold in Rockland County, where libraries arrived in Sloatsburg in 2012. Similalibraries are also present in Sleepy Hollow, Katonah and Bedford, according to Little Free Library's website.